Green and Black Cross Medics

If you are interested in attending a training please email gbcmedics@riseup.net

This training is for those hoping to learn first aid skills relevant to protest and direct action situations. The training is aimed at people with at least some experience of these situations already but you do not necessarily need to have already done first aid training before.

The usual weekend training format is:
Friday evening 7-9
Saturday 9.30-6.30
Sunday 10-6
To cover our costs we will be asking for around £15 suggested donation.

What this course is and is not:
* This is a 20 hour street medic training. We will cover the majority of the basic information and skills you will need to provide first aid at protests and direct actions.
* This will not make you ready for anything. This course is a foundation in first aid and some practice. More diverse and deeper skill comes with time and practice as well as continuing education in health care. You are not a "real"
medic until you are in the streets interacting with patients.
* One thing we do not teach is Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). CPR is a great and sometimes necessary skill. But we do not cover it here due to time constraints. You will have to find your own course.
* This is NOT a certificate course. You will receive no certifications or licenses of any kind. If you have a first aid certificate (such as First Aid at Work) this will not count as a refresher course (sorry).

Please only book a place if you can definitely attend all three days.

Email gbcmedics@riseup.net to book a place ASAP as we can only train a maximum of
15-20 people (please put medic training in the subject line)

Let us know us if you need a place to stay during the training, we can probably
help with this.

If you would like to attend the course but cannot make these dates please let us know and we can arrange another one.

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Some basic information on action medics

For more information on UK Action Medics

http://actionmedics.org.uk
A (defunct?) network of activists who have medical skills, from first aid to qualified doctors.

http://www.blackcrosscollective.org/
Black Cross Health Collective is currently on hiatus. The web site is not being updated and exists primarily as an archive and, hopefully, a resource.